NOW SHOWING
31 August - 13 October
The Adam Portraiture Award is Aotearoa’s most prestigious and popular portraiture prize.
The biennial competition for painted portraits is held at The New Zealand Portrait Gallery Te Pūkenga Whakaata and generously sponsored by the Adam Foundation. The Adam Portraiture Award provides painters from Aotearoa at all stages of their careers with the opportunity to showcase their talents on the national stage, while also playing an important role in recording the changing face of Aotearoa.
The inaugural competition was held in 2000 and called the National Portrait Competition. It has been known as the Adam Portraiture Award since 2002. Since 2006 the winning artworks have been acquired into the New Zealand Portrait Gallery collection. In 2020 the Award expanded its judging panel to two judges.
First Prize: $20,000
Runner up: $2,500
People’s Choice: $2,500
The Adam Portraiture Award is generously funded by the Adam Foundation
WINNER
Maryanne Shearman (Taranaki)
Tuhi-Ao
oil on canvas
2024
“Tuhi-Ao Bailey is one of Aotearoa’s leading climate activists, an unwavering voice for kaitiakitanga. She has always struck me as a person living her kaupapa, authentic to a fault. I initially planned on capturing her characteristic solemn expression; I hoped her mournful eyes would disrupt us, but in the end she and I decided on this pose - a full smile mid-kōrero, and a gesture which catches the light. She is standing in the Parihaka food-forest, next to the awa Waitotoroa. Ko ia te whenua, ko te whenua ko ia.”
Taranaki Review:
In Miniature 2024
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Online Entries now open;
DUE DATE: by 11:59pm,
1 December 2024
OPEN CALL FOR ENTRIES - Online submission form below.
ONE ARTWORK TO ENTER
Must be equal to or less than 200 x 200 x 200mm (20 x 20 x 20cm). The Gallery Director prefers as miniature as possible!
Eligible Artists must be born, attended Taranaki secondary school, and/ or currently reside in Taranaki.
For more information, T&C's or to enter your artwork for the exhibition, click on the button below!
OPEN CALL EXHIBITION
Artwork examples from the Taranaki Review: In Miniature 2022. Work by Rohan Wealleans, Joshua Sands and Laurel Davis. All works measure MINIATURE, less than 200 x 200 x 200mm.
COMING SOON
Two brilliant exhibitions happening during the Taranaki Arts Trails 2024 and the Centuria Garden Festival 2024.
When: 18 October - 10 November.
Fibreworks, presented by Creative Fibre Taranaki, will have over 130 works on display. All works have been created within the last two years and are all made by local artists.
Our Gallery loves supporting local talent and this exhibition is always one we look forward to presenting. Everyday at the Gallery, there will be artists sitting in the gallery - producing new work and sharing techniques with visitors.
Stop by and admire these beautiful fibreworks during this wonderful exhibition, during the Garden Festivals and Taranaki Arts Trail 2024.
Opening Event
10:30AM, Sunday 20th October.
You're invited to attend the public opening for both exhibitions. Come along and celebrate with all artists involved. For Fibreworks there will be a small presentation of awards followed by some words by our guest exhibitor, Margaret Scott.
Open to the public. Free entry. Tea, coffee and light refreshments provided.
Credit: Margaret Scott (2024).
"Over the years my style has evolved and developed and as my circumstances have changed so has my approach to painting. A lot of my work is realism and contains motifs and symbols from my local environment. I am also showing people the diverse and culture rich region in which I have been raised. I hope this creates a connection between me the artist, the content of the painting and those who are viewing it."
700 x 700
A solo exhibition by Margaret Scott.
18 October - 10 November
"I was born on the 27th of September in 1947, and as the youngest of seven children, it was often difficult for my voice to be heard.
I was a softly spoken, shy little girl who felt a deep yearning to paint and draw. I would often sit in the car with my mother and as we drove along the coastal road, I would look out the window and wish that I could stop and paint this or that.
Through painting I found my identity, a voice separate from my brothers and sisters.
This year I am 77 and this inspired the idea of having a solo exhibition based around the number 7.
I also love that in numerology the number 7 symbolises luck and wisdom, and is associated with creativity, knowledge and spiritual enlightenment."
